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Re: Good skills Karen.. Cees/Elliott/Phil help needed :0)

Posted by Ian Foster on Thu Jan 03, 2002 11:28:44 AM

In reply top Good skills Karen.. Cees/Elliott/Phil help needed :0) posted by Tony on Thu Jan 03, 2002 11:20:04 AM

And me! :-)
Tony, from my limited experience of recovering single seaters (I even did a P51!) if these aircraft go into the ground in any sort of a dive, and the ground is not rock hard, then often the engine creates a hole, dragging with it everything back to about just around where the pilot sits, this usually leaves the wings and rear fuselage still lying at the surface.
This is common, but is not always the case, I'm sure the others will correct me if I am wrong though.
Incidentally, my P51 went into sand... not much left of it I'm afraid, just think about it... they use sand in sand bags for a very good reason :-(
Best wishes
Ian
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